Tag Archives: Yellowstone

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Friday Flashback – Taking The Easy Road

Today’s Friday Flashback is from June 27th 2016 and is entitled ‘Taking The Easy Road’. Another pretty special location I haven’t had the opportunity to revisit as of yet, but Yellowstone NP is certainly worth […]

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Ravens Anting!

Here on the blog I’ve shared some of the interesting facts and stories I’ve learnt over the years about these wily and clever birds, such as how they communicate with wolves in ‘Listening to Raven‘ […]

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The Snow Plough

With snow churning up ahead of him, a male moose ploughs his way through the snow in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. I had been watching two male moose hanging out together […]

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Resting Bighorn

Resting on a snowy hillside in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming this Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep eyeballs us looking up from below. He was sat along with several other males, but this guy by far had […]

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Yellowstone Traffic Jam

The parks service contractors in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming do a great job in the winter of keeping the north side roads cleared and as a motorist passing through you might think it’s just for […]

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Fireside Coyote

Today we see a coyote sitting in the snow a few feet away from a river in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. But if you sink your mind or more so your imagination in to […]

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Christmas Coyote

No amusing Santa Stories this year, but a nice snowy shot from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, to finish the year off. All the best to everyone – the blog will be back in the New […]

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Mule Deer

Found from the Arctic to Mexico, this large deer (males can weigh in at over 95kg) is also known as a black-tailed deer in some parts, but should not be confused with its smaller cousin […]

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Snowy Coyote

Looking pretty on the snowy bank of Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, this female coyote had been out and about with her mate (see Cliff-face Coyote) looking for hard to find food in […]

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Common Red Paintbrush

Found throughout British Columbia, Common Red Paintbrush (Castillija miniata) is an attractive red bloom found from coastal gravel bars to mountain meadows and many roadsides in between. A semi-parasitic member of the figwort family, paintbrush […]

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Bison

I took this shot of a bison emerging from a snow filled gully in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming a couple of years back. Yellowstone is the only remaining place in North America were bison have […]

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Fox on the Move

Photographed in Yellowstone back in February 2016, this red fox was seen heading down a hillside and checking ahead of itself whilst out looking for voles. It had a good go at catching something a […]

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Yellowstone Elk

I spotted this impressive looking 6:6 male Rocky Mountain Elk in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during a visit in February last year. The most common ungulate and largest mammal in YNP, elk spend most of […]

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Cliff-face Coyote

As the snow starts to drop again a coyote makes his way along a sandstone ledge in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Although he blends in extremely well with his environment, I managed to spot him […]

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Soda Butte Cone

Bison search for food on the edge of Soda Butte Cone and the close by Soda Butte Creek.  This iconic ‘cowboy hat’ shaped cone is the remnant of a dormant hot spring and stands close […]